Definitions for hundredweight
ˈhʌn drɪdˌweɪthun·dred·weight

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1. hundredweight, metric hundredweight, doppelzentner, centnernoun

   a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

2. hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight, centner, cental, quintalnoun

   a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

3. hundredweight, cwt, long hundredweightnoun

   a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

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1. hundredweightnoun

   A measure of weight containing 100 pounds (45.5 kg) in the U.S. or 112 pounds (51 kg) in the United Kingdom.

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1. Hundredweight

   The hundredweight (abbreviation: cwt), formerly also known as the centum weight or quintal, is a British imperial and US customary unit of weight or mass. Its value differs between the US and British imperial systems. The two values are distinguished in American English as the "short" and "long" hundredweight and in British English as the "cental" and the "imperial hundredweight". The short hundredweight or cental of 100 pounds (45.36 kg) is used in the United States. The long or imperial hundredweight of 8 stone or 112 pounds (50.80 kg) is defined in the imperial system.Under both conventions, there are 20 hundredweight in a ton, producing a "short ton" of 2,000 pounds and a "long ton" of 2,240 pounds.

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1. hundredweight

   Hundredweight is a unit of weight used in certain English-speaking countries. It is defined differently in the British Imperial and the U.S. customary systems. In the British system, a hundredweight is equivalent to 112 pounds (approximately 50.8 kilograms), whereas in the U.S. system, a hundredweight is 100 pounds (approximately 45.4 kilograms). The term hundredweight comes from the phrase "hundred weight", simply signifying 'a weight of a hundred units'. This unit is typically used in agriculture, commodity trading, and other industries for measuring large quantities of goods.

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1. Hundredweightnoun

   a denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2,000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton

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1. Hundredweight

   The hundredweight or centum weight is a unit of mass defined in terms of the pound. The definition used in Britain differs from that used in North America. The two are distinguished by the terms long hundredweight and short hundredweight: ⁕The long hundredweight is defined as 112 lb, which is equal to 50.802345 kg. This is the definition used in the imperial system. ⁕The short hundredweight is defined as 100 lb, which is equal to 45.359237 kg. This is the definition used in the US customary system. This is also the usual hundredweight in Canada. The short hundredweight is also called a cental, especially in places which normally use the long hundredweight. Under both conventions, there are twenty hundredweight in a ton, the long ton being 2,240 lb and the short ton being 2,000 lb. The long and short hundredweight are both descended from the French avoirdupois weight system, which became established in England in Late Medieval times. British custom came widely to use the stone weight, which is 14 pounds, and wished for the hundredweight to be a whole number of stones. The stone was not one of the avoirdupois units in Medieval France, and never became customary in the British American colonies or the US. In 1824 in the UK, new weights and measures legislation made it illegal for merchants to use the word "hundredweight" in the sense of a hundred pounds. A merchant could be sued for fraud for doing so. In 1879, the hundred-pound weight was re-legalized for trade in the UK under the name "cental", in response to legislative pressure from UK merchants who were importing wheat and tobacco from the US.

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1. • Avoirdupois Unit
   • Metric Weight Unit

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How to pronounce hundredweight?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hundredweight in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hundredweight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hundredweight
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hundredweight
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredweight
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundredweight
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=hundredweight
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hundredweight